The largest free arts festival in the USA takes place next weekend, July 17th - 19th, in Baltimore. And among the headline entertainers will be singers Dionne Warwick and Robin Thicke.
Artscape is a Baltimore institution, taking place along the 1200 block of Mount Royal Avenue and the 1400 block of North Charles Street each year. [...]
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Archive for July 8th, 2009
Police call McNair killing a murder-suicide
Posted in Crime- on Jul 8th, 2009
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The girlfriend of former NFL star Steve McNair first shot him in his right temple, then fired three more shots at close range, most likely as he slept, police said Wednesday
She then sat on the couch next to his body, and killed herself so that she would fall into his lap, they said.
“The totality of [...]
Calif. drug dealer guilty of murdering 15-year-old
Posted in Crime- on Jul 8th, 2009
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Marijuana dealer Jesse James Hollywood was convicted Wednesday of kidnapping and murdering a 15-year-old boy over an escalating drug debt, a crime that inspired the 2007 movie “Alpha Dog.”
After deliberating about four days, a Santa Barbara Superior Court jury also found Hollywood, 29, guilty of the special circumstance allegation of being involved in a crime [...]
South Carolina girl, 8, dies after two shots to head
Posted in Crime- on Jul 8th, 2009
 A man put an 8-year-old girl in a headlock Wednesday and shot her to death, then shot himself in the stomach, authorities said.
The girl’s father is dating Ricky Lee Blackwell’s estranged wife. Spartanburg County deputies said Blackwell shot the girl twice in the driveway of a home where he had taken her and his estranged [...]
Michael Jackson Memorial/Funeral - Usher Sings For Him - 7/7/09 (RIP Michael Jackson 1958-2009)
Posted in Music Video on Jul 8th, 2009
Mystery over Jackson’s final resting place
Posted in Gone but Not Forgotten on Jul 8th, 2009
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 After tearful final tributes to Michael Jackson from his children and friends, fans of the King of the Pop faced a new mystery Wednesday over where his final resting place would be.
Jackson’s daughter Paris earlier grabbed international attention with her heartbreaking eulogy at her father’s Los Angeles memorial.
Ex-skater Bobek pleads not guilty in methamphetamine case
Posted in Crime- on Jul 8th, 2009
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– Former figure skating champion and Olympian Nicole Bobek was free on bond Tuesday after New Jersey police accused her of being part of a drug ring.
Bobek, 31, who won the U.S. figure skating title in 1995, was arrested at her home in Jupiter, Florida, last week on a charge of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine [...]
Warwick: Jackson would’ve loved memorial service
Posted in Gone but Not Forgotten on Jul 8th, 2009
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Dionne Warwick was one of the thousands of guests to attend Michael Jackson’s memorial service Tuesday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California
Warwick talks with CNN’s Larry King about the moving tributes during the service and the legacy left behind by the “King of Pop.”
Paris ‘Daddy Has Been the Best Father’ (rip michael jackson
Posted in Video on Jul 8th, 2009
Goodbye Michael Jackson: Star, brother, friend, father
Posted in Gone but Not Forgotten on Jul 8th, 2009
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 An 11-year-old girl who lost her father made the world cry with her on Tuesday.
Ever since I was born, daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine,” said Paris Katherine Jackson, the second of Michael Jackson’s three children, as a massive memorial service for her father neared its end in downtown Los Angeles.